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Alvin C. Jacobs oral history interview, 2019 December 13
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Creator
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Jacobs Jr., Alvin C.
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Date Created
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2019-12-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Photography, Artistic, Protest movements, Social justice, Racism, Police shootings
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Alvin C. Jacobs, Jr. is a professional photographer and image activist from Rockford, Illinois. In this interview, Mr. Jacobs discusses his life from childhood to adulthood and how particular events during his life influenced him. He details how h...
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Floyd Simmons oral history interview 1, 2004 March 18
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Creator
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Simmons, Floyd, 1923-2008
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Date Created
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2004-03-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Families, Rich people, Families--Economic aspects, Depressions, Businesspeople, Small business, Masculinity, War, Military education, Armed Forces
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In this first of three interviews, Floyd "Chunk" Simmons describes growing up during the Great Depression in Charlotte, North Carolina in a wealthy family that owned a construction company. Mr. Simmons talks about the consequences of the Great Dep...
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Floyd Simmons oral history interview 2, 2004 March 26
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Creator
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Simmons, Floyd, 1923-2008
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Date Created
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2004-03-26
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Subjects--Topical
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War, War stories, Battles, Combat, Land mines, War casualties, War wounds, Military hospitals, Olympics, Veterans
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Description
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Floyd "Chunk" Simmons continues his story in this second of three interviews with a discussion of his time serving in the 10th Mountain Division of the United States Army during World War II. Mr. Simmons arrived in Italy in August 1944 and stayed ...
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Floyd Simmons oral history interview 3, 2004 April 7
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Creator
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Simmons, Floyd, 1923-2008
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Date Created
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2004-04-07
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Subjects--Topical
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War, Veterans, Universities and colleges, College sports, College students, College-student veterans, Decathlon, Decathlon--Training, Athletes, Olympics, Olympic athletes, Motion pictures, Acting, Photography
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In this last of three interviews, Floyd "Chunk" Simmons discusses his activities after serving in World War II, including his time in the Olympics and in Hollywood as an actor. After the war, Mr. Simmons attended the University of North Carolina a...
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Simmons Jones oral history interview, 1993 February 28
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Creator
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Jones, Simmons, 1920-
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Date Created
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1993-02-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Social classes, Race relations, Race discrimination, Segregation, Religion, Sexual ethics, Homosexuality, Families--Social life and customs
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Description
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Fashion photographer and author Simmons Baker Jones discusses his eventful life, beginning with his formative years growing up in a prominent Charlotte family and continuing through his service as a corporal in the U.S. Army during the Second Worl...
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T. Taylor Warren oral history interview 1, 2005 December 7
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Creator
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Warren, T. Taylor (Thomas Taylor), 1925-2008
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Date Created
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2005-12-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Stock car racing, Motorsports, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Sports photographers, Photography of sports, Photojournalism, Photography--Equipment and supplies, Hasselblad camera, Photography--Techniques
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Description
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T. Taylor Warren reflects on his life, his photography career, and the early days of photographing NASCAR racing. He recalls his budding interest in photography as a boy and describes his education at Rochester Institute of Technology and the teac...
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T. Taylor Warren oral history interview 2, 2006 January 12
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Creator
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Warren, T. Taylor (Thomas Taylor), 1925-2008
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Date Created
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2006-01-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Sports photographers, Photography of sports, Photojournalism, Stock car drivers, Stock car racing, Motorsports, Motorsports--Economic aspects, Women automobile racing drivers, African American automobile racing drivers, Automobile racing managers, Automobile racing--Employees, Automobile racing--Sociological aspects
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Motorsports photographer T. Taylor Warren reflects in this second interview on the culture of NASCAR during the 1950s-1980s and on how the stock car industry has changed through the time of the interview in 2006. He begins by discussing the Nation...